WIP's can still be cute

Custom dolls assorting from Monster High, Barbie, Creatable World, and more!

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Doll Masterpost

Cassandra - Tangled: the series

Bayonetta - Bayonetta series

Jeanne - Bayonetta series

Eda - The Owl House

Emi the Futakuchi-Onna - Dollightful 2019 Summer Collab

Umika the Akugyo

Nell the Nekomata

Raya - Raya and the Last Dragon

Kala - Indivisible

Kluke - Blue Dragon

Kat - Gravity Rush

She Ra - Netflix She Ra

Catra - Netflix She Ra

Ms Kuchigane the Jorogumo

Chang'e - Netflix Over the Moon

Heruka - Indivisible

Pearl & Marina - Splatoon

Elyon - W.I.T.C.H

Dubbles - Yokai Watch collab

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Figures & Collectables

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Very fortunate to have the katamari cousins drop into our local gachapon store. BIG fan of the Prince with his selfie

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Special thanks to the star who swapped her Lucent Nargacuga for our Stygian Zinogre <3

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Many thanks to @dreamerkitty for providing me with more niche Blue Dragon merch for my Zola collection, now including loose cat hair

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Even MORE Sweet Idols?! Vinted is a terribly dangerous site if you are partial to a Little Guy.

Bringing in as yet ANOTHER rival band: Honey Peach, Sweet Mango, and Taro Honey

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What's this? A new member has joined the rival Sweet Idols?!

Honey Mint has joined her brother to make them a triple threat! On buying her I didn't realise that she was the cat counterpart to the jackal I already had. A cute reunion for some real cutie pies

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After a long hiatus of important life things, I'm back with the ADORABLE croissant rhino from the Animal Bakery series

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I absolutely LOVE my little Aaru Sweet Idol collection, so much so I kinda gijinka'd them into two rival bands. To relate each character back to their original figurine, their embellishments and colour schemes were all drawn from them.

I might make them into dolls in the future, who knows!

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Presenting, La Bwahterina! She is an icon, the moment, risen for her FANS!!

Process thoughts under the cut:

She was SO much fun to work on, I've wanted to custom a Skelita for aaages, her sculpt is just so gorgeous. Definitely helped that its a white base for a white character as it would be veeerry difficult to achieve a clear base on another doll.

I'm not especially pleased that I was unable to rid her of most of her glue-head, so I decided to play it off as its her greasy, undead hair instead. I would also redo her belt if I had more time as it could have been a bit more floral, as I'd initially intended it to look like marigolds to relate back to her dia de los muertos themes. I had also initially intended for her to have a fringe on the brim of her hat, as well as a half mask in the shape of a music note, but I didn't have time to source the amount of fringe I needed and I ended up scrapping the mask as it would be both difficult to place upon half of her face as well as obstructing the hat.

Overall I love how she came out; her outfit was decently close to her concept art, her face-up and overall body blushing was so nice whilst relating to the Spooky Trails designs, and she has a decaying opulence that fits with the vibes I was going for. I love the scrappiness of her skirt and outfit, both being easier to sew but also following the themes of the character being undead. The blue shading on her face and body imitated the blues present on the Spooky Trails enemies whilst also giving a high-contrast colour to really make her skeleton sculpt pop. Though I couldn't go through with my intentions for her hat, I do love how the feathers give it a bit more drama and height, the face on the back once again drawing inspiration from the Spooky Trail enemies.

Overall, absolutely love her and am very pleased with how she came out!

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Skelita has a beautiful sculpt but it's especially difficult to design an outfit that fits properly what with the lack of torso. However, I wanted to accentuate her skeletal nature so I went with a simple top design that would be both simple and show off her sculpt.

As she is an exchange, I wanted her to have her own stand so I ordered a bunch of MH-suited stands and added some foam and air dry clay to make it suit her vibe as well as give it more dimension. I went with dirt n plants as it fits the Spooky Trail themes.

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Emulating the Spooky Trails Rabbids, I gave her dark shadows around her eyes as well as a faux glow to her pupils. Although she is a stylised version of a Rabbid, I couldn't resist giving her their silly little buck teeth, albeit in a much more stylish way.

Initially I wasn't sure if she should have hair, but I felt it would be more appropriate for her stylised look. I did originally intend for her to have plain black hair, but I didn't have the time to order a replacement to fill in the holes left by the orange.

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As predicted, Skelita's body really popped when the pastels were added.

I opted for using blues to shade her as I wanted to emulate the hollow glow that the Spooky Trails Rabbids have, as well as their weird, tan, 5-o-clock shadow.

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A Mario + Rabbids doll exchange was proposed between myself and @dreamerkitty, the rules being that we had approximately a month and it had to be a surprise.

Many years ago, we tossed around the idea of each realm in Kingdom Battle having its own ruler, similar to how the Lava Queen was included in the Lava Pit. From these I decided to develop our Spooky Trails queen, affectionately called Caterina.

I wanted her to relate to the themes present in Spooky Trails, i.e. plants, undead, music, but I didn't want her to be too similar to Calavera so I ended up skewing her away from plants and towards something more fashion focused along with music.

As fun as it would be to make her as Rabbid-accurate as possible, it would be very difficult to achieve such girth so a more stylised design would be the most ideal for her creation. The opportunity to work with Skelita as a base is definitely appealing as her sculpt is so unique and would look amazing with body blushing.

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Back for an encore, its Dubbles!!!

I've wanted to revisit Dubbles for a while, and a few years after her creation I opted to refine some parts of her I wasn't entirely content with, mainly her tail and ears.

The ears are white foam shaped with heat and a lil tuft of wool for extra bunny fluffiness. The tail is a knot of thicker, fluffier wool to really accentuate that bunny vibe.

Now that she's been refined, she's ready for the stage! (As if she wasn't already though)

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She's the high-rolling, fast talking host of your evening! Please give a warm welcome to Lady Luck's favourite gal, Dubbles!!!

Process thoughts under the cut:

I'm very fond of Dubbles, and I am pleased to have successfully met the time constraints of a collaboration with an outcome I'm pleased with.

She's one of the few dolls that I've given fake lashes too, and I really think they fit her design especially well. I love how well her colour scheme works together, with the teal against the red and purple, and how I came up with an outfit that suited the character whilst working with limited resources. She possesses characteristics I wouldn't usually go for, such as the limited articulation and her more unique hairstyle, but I'm really pleased in how I went beyond my comfort zone and created something I'm still fond of a few years down the line. It might just be because she's so small and cute.

If I was to create her again, I think I'd try and make her bunny ears out of something a bit less flimsy than the fabric I had on hand, such as craft foam or even air-dry clay with a base armature. I'd also try and fill in more gaps in her hair or even smooth it out slightly. I'd also want to give her actual shoes instead of just painting them on, potentially even giving her heels to really fit the Bunny Girl look.

In short, love you, Dubbles <3

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So I ended up going with Rollen/Dubbles, specifically Dubbles.

What I really wanted to try and do in this collab was create a doll from an unexpected Yokai. It's easy enough to go with Frostina/Blizzaria or Mermaidyn or some of the conventionally feminine ones, but I really wanted to try something different.

I'm already a huuuuge fan of the bunny girl aesthetic, so Dubbles's whole dice-roller, casino vibe really drew me in. Plus the limited materials I would need to use was a huge sell as I'd just finished moving and my resources were very thin.

I loved the concept of her eyes being the dice, like you'd bonk her head and it'd set them rolling. Adorable.